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Taught/practised on:
THE ROSELATH CROSS
(J8x32)
Henrietta Vosper RSCDS Book 41
1- 8
1s+2s+3s dance reflection reels of 3 on sides (1s dance in & down to
start) & end with 1s in 2
nd
place BtoB facing own sides & 2s in 1
st
place
9-16
2s+1s+3s set, 1s ¼ turn to right & set with 2s+3s (as Crown
Triangles), 1s dance RSh round RH corner into middle BtoB facing opp
sides
17-24
Repeat from new positions 1s ending in 2
nd
place own sides
25-32
1s dance reels of 3 across (Lady with 2s & Man with 3s)
Devised by Henrietta Vosper, from Cornwall, in 1998.
Roselath is a farm near Lanlivery, St.Austell, Cornwall. The Old Farmhouse is Grade II listed, probably built mid
17th century but abandoned c1900 when a new house was built.
In the Dark Ages, following the departure of the Romans in AD410, Cornwall was evangelised by missionaries from
Ireland and Wales. A ‘preaching cross’ was originally erected to mark a monk’s cell or a spot where Christians
would gather for services. Later they came to be used as way markers, particularly on the moors. They are found
in nearly every churchyard and beside moorland roads though I found no reference to one actually called The
Roselath Cross.
